Melinda Chords by James Mcmurtry

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_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ Don't expect no favors, _ _ nothing [G] in [D] return.
_ [G] _ [D] Tell [G] all your cross [D]-eyed neighbors _ [G] that it's none of their [D] concern.
_ _ Open [Bm] the [D] shades, Melinda, _ _ let [G] in the [D] outside air.
_ I'm deep in doubt and I can't get out [G] and it must be dark [D] in there.
I want to walk [G] with you [D] in the morning mist, though I should [G] be home [D] by now.
_ [G] [D] And there must [G] be some [D] way out of this.
I was thinking [G]
you'd [D] know how.
_ And my [G] judgment may [D] be shaky [G] [D] and my [G] shoes are [D] soaking through.
_ [Bm] [A] Cause [D] the weeds are wet and I haven't yet [A] made [G] any sense [D] of you. _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ [D] _ All the midnight angels _ _ fold their wings by dawn.
[Bm] _ [D] Same old wild-eyed strangers sitting, watch them till they're gone. _
[G] _ [D] I'll let the night unravel, _
[G] _ [D] _ [G] forget my [D] vain pursuits. _
[G] [D] Except to feel that gray rock gravel on [Bm] your road beneath [D] my boots.
I want to walk [G] with you [D] in the changing light when the shadows twist and play. _
And the ghosts [G] that kept [D] me out all night, we [A] can [D] chase [G] them all [D] the way.
And [A] the talk [G] of those [D] that wonder and the talk [G] of those [D] that curse.
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Let [A] them have [G] their thrill, [D] they'll need it.
We'll be no [G] more [D] for the worse.
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_ Shine your [D] eyes upon me, [Bm] _ whisper [G] long and low.
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[Bm] _ _ Mindful of the [D] longing [G] that [D] we evermore [G] may know. _
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And the night will never come again.
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_ the night will never come again. _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ And the night will never come again.
[D] And the night will never come again. _ _ _ _
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[D] Up [G] the ridge [D] on pasture, [G] _
_ [D] _ [G] looking down [D] below. _
[G] You [D] can see the stacks of damn when [Bm] the [G] clouds don't hang [D] so low. _
[G] _ [D] _ Should you take a mountain, _
[G] _ [D] _ [G] won't you join [D] me there? _
[G] _ [D] _ [G] Hoping the [D] shades will lend us _ [G] that in the outside [D] air. _
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